Seed-corn stringer.



B. E. BIGGER.

SEED 001m STBINGBR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1914.

1,1 1 1,207. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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fication, referencebeing to the accom f provided with a reduced acitizenof the United srArEs PA T OFFICE.

j BERNARD EQBI GER, or FONDA, IOWA.

To all whom itma z concern. l s

Be it known that I,,B RNARD E. BIGGER, States, residing at Fonda, in thecounty of Pocahontas and State of Iowa, have invented certainnew anduseful Improvements in Seed-Corn Stringers, of which the following is aspecipanying drawings. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in seed cornstringers and relates particularly to a device for suspending seed cornfrom any suitable support, so that the same may be readily dried beforebeing placed within the crib, the main obcorn' stringer which ishingedly secured to the side of the criband supported in a suitablemanner in a horizontal .positionand is provided with means-whereby thecorn may be readily strung and supported therefrom.

Another object of theinvention is to provide aseed corn stringer oftheabove character which will possess advantages in points of efiiciencyand durability, is inexpensive to manufacture and at the same time issimple in construction and" operation.

With the above andother objects in view, this invention consists in thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claimsandshown 1n the accompanying drawing in which,- Y

Figure ,1 is a side elevation illustrating thepapplication of myimproved seed corn stringer. .Fig. 2 is. a top plan view, and Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional View taken on theline 3-3 ofFig. 1. '1 Inc'arrying'outmy invention, I provide a main supporting board l'which ishingedly connected, as shown at 2, to the side of the corn crib 3. Thissupporting board 1 is retained in a horizontal position by means of therod 4, the upper end of which is connected to the side of the crib, andthe lower end thereof is connected to the medial portion of the yoke 5,,the ends of which are secured to the'upper face of the board. It willbe noted from theaccompanying drawings that the inner end of the board 1is portion 6 to'which the hinge'2 isconnected.

Slidably mounted within the guides 7 upon the under face of the board 1is the actuating bar 8, the outer end of which is SEED-CORN STRING-ER.

, u Specification'of Letters Patent. I Application filed January 31,1914. Serial No.

. strings are secured provided with a suitable may be applied to the barin any. desiredmanner. Arranged upon opposite sides of the actuating bar8 and disposedupon the upperside-of the board 1 are the staples 10 andconnected at one end to the staples are the strings, 11, upon which theseed corn is' to be strung. The other ends ofthe to thespaced hooks 12carried by the movable actuating member 8, the ends of the stringssecured to the hooks 12 passing between the ends of the strings whichare secured to the staples 10 upon longitudinal movement of the bar 8.

In the operationof my improved seed corn stringer, it will be noted thatupon longitudinal movement of the bar 8 the ends of the strings securedto the hooks 12 will pass backwardly and forwardly between the endswhich are secured to the staples 10 and as the strings cross each other,the ears of corn are placed between the strings and sired length and areto be of suitable weight so that the various numbersof ears may becarried by one string. It will also be apparent from the drawing thatwhen my de vice is not in use, the rod 4cmay be readily detached fromthe crib 3 and the entire device be allowed to swing downwardly andremain against the side of the crib. The device in itself is extremelysimple in construction and may be' manufactured at comparatively smallcost.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my im'ention, itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carryingmyinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the advantages of thewithout departing from the scope of the appended claims. I

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1. A device of the class described includ- .Having thus describedinvention, what ing a horizontally mounted supporting board, meanswhereby to-normally retain said board in a horizontal position, staplessecured to the upper face thereof and arranged in spaced relation,spaced guide members secured to the under face of the board, anactuating bar movably mounted between said guide members, a handle car-Patentedsepaaa 1914.:

invention and h ndle 9, which" iio ried by the bar to actuate the same,spaced lugs carried by said bar and a string having one end secured tothe hook upon one 1 side of the bar and its other end extending upwardlyover the supporting bar, and through the spaced staples, thence down-Wa'rdly and secured to the hook upon the 9 support said board in ahorizontal position,

a inovabletbar arranged beneath said board, .r 15 spaced hooks securedto the under face of the hook upon the opposite; side of the bar,

whereby to provide loops suspended beneath the supporting board and thenio'vable bar, and nieanswhereby to actuate said bar, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my;

signature in the presence oftWo'Witnesses. I

Witnesses: p

[JOHN CQBIGGER, p

I. P. LQNGNECKER.

BERNARD E. BIGGER.

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